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Re: My Mum's

I think 'My Mums' was part of the 'Happy Shopper' family in the 80s and 90s. Both were brands of the Booker Cash & Carry business which specialised in supplying independent local shops. Booker still has goods under the 'Happy Shopper' name and still supplies cash & carry but it concentrates now on its own portfolio of 'Premier' local shops and markets most of its own-brand stuff under the 'Premier' brand. They also own the 'Euroshopper' brand. They also briefly owned the 'Mace' brand in England & Wales before selling it to Palmer & Harvey in 1999 (and in 2005 P&H acquired the Scottish Mace business which had been hived off years earlier, along with the Irish business) - Mace was my local store as a kid in the 70's but I havent seen one for ages, although I understand they still have a big presence in Northern Ireland

Re: My Mum's

My mums brand of discounted goods was produced by Linfood Cash & Carry. The range of goods went from bread to cola, matches to cat litter. The packaging was bright yellow with red text, sometimes with a white speech bubble containing a little quip about the product. Later adding red images and sometimes an image of a little boy and girl, surprise in red, with one telling the other about the product in a speech bubble. The cola can is the only one I remember that was multi-coloured adding blue to the otherwise red and yellow.